Pokémon the Series: XY is the seventeenth overall season and the first season of the Pokémon XY series. It features Ash Ketchum and Pikachu as they venture into the Kalos region where they meet new friends, Clemont and Bonnie, and where Ash reunites with his childhood friend, Serena. Ash will catch new Kalos Pokémon, and make new rivals along the way to compete in the Kalos League and learning about the secrets of Mega Evolution. It began airing in Japan in October 2013 and in North America on 18th January, 2014.

Trivia

This is the second season to have a sneak preview. The first was a sneak peek of Pokémon Advanced.

This series include the vs. player overview images before the battle.

The VS. added to the XY series

This will be the second time in the Pokémon anime series that two of Ash's traveling companions will be of the older sibling and younger sibling. The first time was with the Pokémon: Advanced Generation with May and Max. But this series will have for the first time, the older brother and younger sister traveling together with Ash and Pikachu, Clemont and Bonnie. With this, it will also be the first time where both of the siblings will be based on their game counterparts. May was based off of hers, but Max never had a direct game counterpart (he was indirectly based on the School Boy trainer class).

This is the first time where a female traveling companion is younger than age 10, which is Bonnie.